Macbook air making weird fan noise

It sounds like the fan is going into over drive, I guess.. The problem occurs when I'm playing games, or when i tilt my computer for some reason.
2012 Macbook air 4GB ram, i-5 processor.

GPU / CPU intensive activities like playing games will generate heat.
Fans will run at higher rpm to cool down the computer. That is normal.
If the temperature gets too high, the computer will shutdown to protect itself from damage.
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I picked up a 1.86, 128 SSD MacBook Air last Sunday and have run into an issue with the fan. At first, the computer was near silent as I've experienced with every Apple laptop I've used. However, while reinstalling OS X to trim the printer drivers and language translations the fans kicked on to full bore. After restoring my system with Time Machine, the fans now make a rattling/vibrating noise from the time I start the machine, or wake from sleep.
Since I didn't notice this at first, I'm guessing that I am experiencing an unfortunate defect with my machine. I was hoping to gauge those of you who have purchased this machine to see if this was an isolated case or if this is normal for the Air.
Also, the noise is not extremely loud, and isn't noticeable with a bit of ambient noise in the room like the TV or music. When it is just me and the computer it is quite distracting. Thanks for the help.

unfortunately that's not a desired solution since I already own a MB Pro. The MBA should be the light OS X laptop to carry around. That's why we cope with the little number of ports and even with a battery that cannot be changed by own means.
Because of the poor graphics and the related processor work producing loud fan sounds by just watching a you tube video / a flash site or doing any other not really power intense stuff I sold my MBA rev1 and bought a rev2 to overcome the graphic card bottleneck and overcome this problem.
And that's where we are right know ... stuck with a better machine in terms of power but not in terms of the display.. left alone by Apple so far in the middle of nowhere with this issue so far. I even can't go to an Apple store and ask them to open any MBA and give me one with a perfect display. We ain't got an Apple store so far in Germany. It's thrid party electronics stores selling those products over here and they actually deny opening the devices before being sold and handing me over a perfect one. Despite of that I have to buy it and afterwards return it for "repair". That's "real customer service" with greated satisfaction. So the only way for me is to gamble and to order directly from Apple Store online and return it if it's not a perfect one. It did this twice but due to the forums experience and due to my personal experience I went for a refund after the second rev2 and now are waiting for a couple of weeks until I will give it a try again. But as long as Apple does not officially react I doubt much will change.
However compared to the number of posters and the sold devices the percentage of complaining users is so low (0.000.x %) Apple probably does not see a reason yet to react. The only thing that keeps me from thinking that it's minority problem is that so many people are reporting that so many MBA rev2 in Apple Store would show the problem to and that even the store genius and stuff admit the devices to have this "faulty" screen. That's my only hope in terms that maybe something in the future will change and that maybe there comes a day (hopefully in the near future) where I can go and buy and get a perfect MBA rev2 and thus an Apple Laptop that I can use what it was designed to be an "almost" perfect lightway OS X device.

HT3964 How do I stop my Macbook from overheating and making a fan noise?

My Macbook Pro 17 Inch keeps overheating and making a fan noise after I use it for... say... an hour.
I use Windows on my Macbook, is this related to my problem? If not, do I need to get my fan replaced?
It gets annoying whenever I play a game, and then suddenly my Mac goes to sleep for no reason (probably due to overheating).
The fan noise is kept to a minimal when I use a web browser, or listen to music, but it goes up when I start an application.

Since overheating is something the computer tries to prevent, it will shut down if the temps get too hot, thus your experience is not overheating.
You can have a look at Activity Monitor (Menu Bar > View > Show All Processes) and then sort by CPU to see what the culprit is during downloading.
A hot Mac is not that big of a problem, the fan takes care of the heat and if you do not mind the noise, then that is it.

How do i get my computer to stop making a fan noise

how do i get my computer to stop making a fan noise?

Is the computer hot? If so then do this:
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
If the computer is not hot, then try resetting the SMC - Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC).
Finally, try running diagnostics:
Using Apple Hardware Test
OS X Mountain Lion- Use Apple Hardware Test
Intel-based Macs- Using Apple Hardware Test
MacBook Air- Using Apple Hardware Test

HT1338 My macbook air got some loud noise

Just recently my macbook air got a loud noise when i plug in my cable. the fan sound is very loud and i just purchase my macbook recently,may i know what issue is that?

When you think about it, you'll have to agree that with this "description" we can't do much - other than advising you to "turn all sounds off"...
So, a better explanation of what type of noise and possibly in what situation it occured would be absolutely necessary.

HT1338 why my macbook pro making lot of noise inside. Is it something to do my shutting down. I usually shut down my system in every week.

why my macbook pro making lot of noise inside. Is it something to do my shutting down. I usually shut down my system in every week.
Can anybody provide any solution on this.

What kind of noise and when? There are fans inside that run at various noise levels keeping things at the right temperature. There is a hard drive, unless you have SSD, that can make noise when the stepping motor moves the track arm. There is an optical drive that makes noise at startup.
There are noises when you move the MBP and the motion sensor engages.

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The ticking noise is the sound of the hard drive being started up and the stopped. This is normal.
What do you mean by "turning on and off by itself"? Do you mean the ticking noises (which is normal) or do you mean the display turns on and off, or do you mean the music turns on and off?

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Why is my macbook air making such a loud noise?

I have a Macbook Air 13". I have just switched it on and the fans are making are considerably louder than usual. The laptop isn't hot at all, in fact from what I can feel it's blowing out quite cool air. Any ideas on why it is doing this and how to stop it?

Hello there, Carly.
It sounds like the fans on your MacBook Air are running at full speed after you've turned on your computer. The following Knowledge Base article offers a great recommendation for troubleshooting this issue:
iMac: Fans run at full speed after computer turns on - Apple Support
If you press the iMac power button while you are connecting the power cord, the iMac will enter a mode in which the fans run at full speed. In order to correct the issue, reset the SMC. Your iMac should now start up and operate as expected.
To avoid this issue, be sure to start the computer by pressing the power button after you fully connect the power cord.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
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Hi guys, see the Etrecheck report below. My 13' Macbook pro (early 2011) has been very slow for the last few months, the fan makes a weird blowing noise (several fellow students have looked around what the **** that noise was when it started doing it), and recently started freezing when opening iTunes, OpenOffice and even Firefox.
OH AND my trackpad has jumping around without me even touching it.
What do you guys think? What's the problem, what can I do? IF I take it in how much do you think it might cost?
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Macbook is slow, freezes for few seconds regularly, and fan makes weird noise
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I did as you suggested and it it's definitely not freezing as much, though a little bit still. Thanks though!
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Macbook air making noise

hello, i just bought macbook air a month ago everything was perfect till today when i opened it starts to make noise like zzzzzzzzzzzzzz like disc-top bcs, the problem is that i am not in the us rightnow, iam in egypt, anybody knows?

It looks my Macbook Air (MC503+4GiB RAM) also have similar issue. The noise is from inside of the book, very short and trivial "z", it happens several times to before I start notice it. The short tiny little sound is much different from the CPU fan's continues noise. I am not running any huge program, just browsing web or leave it there waiting for an E-mail.
Some guess: the noise happens mostly when the book is running on battery. I know there are six battery packs for 13'' version of Air. Maybe, I guess during the battery's discharging, something is happening inside the battery emitting or absorbing gas or something which brings the periodical noise. (Just hope the batteries are stable:)
It does not like something is loose inside, because while I am trying to shake (carefully) my Macbook, there is no such sound coming out.
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I am experiencing weird squeaky noise from my Macbook Pro's body (Latest Retina 15", 16gb ram, 256gb storage, 2GHz i7) and weird clicking noises when opening and closing the lid. I rarely go out with my Macbook and I am super careful with it always. Why is this happening? Can it be fixed? Can my 1 year warranty cover this?

Welcome to Apple Discussions
Your MacBook Pro has a sudden motion sensor which parks the hard drive heads to prevent damage when it's moved while on.
You have a 1 year warranty on any defects if it turns out to be something else.

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